Friday, August 12, 2011

Those are some biiiiig shoes...

Our sixth president had a lot of living up to, to do, methinks. I mean, when your pops is like the 2nd president ever, of the United States, yeah, those are some big shoes to fill.

But, John Quincy Adams (1825-1829) did it, serving as the 8th U.S. Secretary of State, US Ambassador to the UK, Russia, Prussia and the Netherlands, US House Representative from 3 different districts, and as US Senator from Massachusetts.

Whew.

Meanwhile, I just picked this magnet because the other day, I saw an @PeterSokolowskivideo that finally explains (at least for me) why we Americans have our own spellings that differ from the original English spellings.

Turns out it was Noah Webster of Merriam-Webster who gave America our own language. I won't lie, even after having spent a few years editing and converting British spelling to American spelling in romance and science-fiction books, I hadn't a clue about Webster's contribution.

Take a look:

Why the tie back to JQ? Only because it was at the Adamses library that I saw one of the original first editions of Merriam-Webster, and man I would have loved to rifle through that tome.

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jm's magnetic mission

With millions of blogs in the universe, why can't there be one on magnets. Everyone has them. And, if you're lucky, each one tells a story.
That's what I'm aiming to do here - pick a random magnet each day and tell a story. And who knows, maybe you'll come forward to share your own magnet stories.
They sell magnets all over the world - how can I be the only one who collects them?
NOTE: This is a magnet blog - mine. Which means that whatever opinions or commentary offered here are certainly from my own little head, and *not* reflective of my employer. Like, at all. In fact, here's what I'm supposed to say, apparently: "The opinions expressed on joymagnetism.com are my own and do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer. The posts on this blog are provided "as is" with no warranties and confer no rights."
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